Today, Ezra Klein of Vox Media posted a link to a 10 minute
short documentary film by young reporter Dallas Taylor. “Why the Ocean Is
Getting Louder”, link .
Taylor says this is his first time scuba diving ever, but
gives an impressive “Al Gore-like” presentation of the inconvenient truths
about the science of ocean sounds and how they can affect animals, most of all
marine mammals like whales and dolphins.
Searching for fossil fuels creates some of the loudest
blasts. There were studies of ocean
health after 9/11 when flights stopped and other activity in the North Atlantic
stopped. Trump’s increase in offshore drilling was mentioned.
Update: July 3, 2020:
Taylor's video is now on Youtube through Vox, link.
Picture: Crisfield, MD (mine, recent)
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